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the pftinB of the breasts and laDgs, phthisic or consump- 

 tioDB caused by the distillation of salt humours on them. 

 It is also good for pains of the reins, the strau<4ury, and 

 the heat of urine : the fine powder of the root blown into 

 the eyes through a quill of tnose that have a pin and web, 

 or rheumatic distillHtions in them, does cleanse and help 

 them : the juice is effectual in all the diseases of the breast 

 and lun^ the reins and bladder, as the decoction. The 

 juice distilled in rose-water, with some gum tragacanth, is 

 a fine medicine for hoarseness, wheezing, &c. The root of 

 this plant is deservedly in great esteem, and can hardly be 

 said so be an improper ingredient in any composition of 

 whatever intention. It is a great sweetener of the blood, 

 detersive, and at the same time soften in</ and emollient^ 

 and therefore balsamic. It is good for dropsy, and allays 

 thirst. It is an excellent pectoral, and the juice prepared 

 to a proper consistence, is the best form, and excels Spa> 

 nish juice, A strouir decoction of the root given to chil- 

 dren looeens the bowels, and takes off feverish heats which 

 attend coetiveness. It is likewise a corrector of cathartics. 

 The juice, or extract is made by boiling the fresh roots in 

 water, straining the decoction, and when the impurities 

 have subsided, evaporating^ it over a gentle heat till it will 

 no longer stick to the fingers. It is better to cut the roots 

 into small pieces before boiling^ them, as the virtues will 

 by that means be better extracted. A pound of Liquorice- 

 root boiled in three pints down to one quart will be found 

 the best for all purposes. The juice is the most effectual, 

 and may be obtained by saueezmg the roots between two 

 rollers. When made with due care, it is exceedingly sweet, 

 of a much more agreeable taste than the root itself, and has 

 an agreeable smell. Put into boiling water, it totally dis- 

 solves without depositing any sediment. 



LIVERWORT (COMMON.)— f^«pa^uJa.; 



Duorip. — Common Liverwort grows close, and spreads 

 mnch upon the ground in moist and shady places, with 

 many small green leavee, or rather, as it were, sticking flat 

 to one another, very unevenly cut in on the edges, and 

 eruropled ; from among which arise small slender stalky 

 AH inch or two high, bearing small star-like flowers at the 

 top. The roots are very fine and smalL 



Place.— It grows plentifully In Nottingh ^m-Park, Mid 

 OD I^pford LbgB, and in most dry barren pUcesL 

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